Post Office sign at Mousehole Harbor. Mousehole, Cornwall, England.
Mousehole is a wonderful, picturesque village along Mount's Bay. Mousehole is located about 4km from Penzance. You walk from Penzance, passing the town of Newlyn, and then on to Mousehole. This walk should take about an hour. There many great photographic opportunities along the way. Once you reach Mousehole you can take in views of the colorful boats in the harbor, views of the village from the seawall, and have a walk through the streets of the quaint village. From : Mousehole has a rich and interesting history dating back hundreds of years. It was once a very busy and bustling port city that catered to people all over Europe. There were fairs and markets held there on a weekly basis for hundreds of years. The local people would travel for days by horse and cart or by foot to buy goods at the festivals that were held in this port city. It is documented in the history of the town that during the 16th century it was home to a number of festivals attended by thousands of people. All of this changed when the Spanish came to town. In the late 16th century it was ravaged by the Spanish and almost every building save one was burned to the ground. The village was destroyed and the modern village that we see today was built in its place. If you are interested in history this is a wonderful place to visit due to this rich past.
Size: 4750px × 3263px
Location: Mousehole, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © joseph s giacalone / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: arrow, arrows, art, beautiful, beauty, britain, british, buildings, color, colour, cornwall, day, day-time, daytime, directional, directions, england, english, europe, european, explore, fine, giacalone, great, horizontal, image, inspiration, instruction, instructions, joseph, kingdom, letter, mail, mousehole, northern, office, outdoors, people, photography, post, sign, signage, signs, text, travel, uk, united, words
